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Is It Weird to Be Nice to Alexa?

Every Little Thing by Gimlet

Aug 16, 202120:21Education

This week we’re hitting repeat on one of our favorite episodes: Listener Elizabeth wants to know if it’s weird to say “please” and “thank you” to her Google voice assistant. ELT talks to former Alexa insider Daren Gill (...

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Is It Weird to Be Nice to Alexa? is an episode from Every Little Thing by Gimlet. This week we’re hitting repeat on one of our favorite episodes: Listener Elizabeth wants to know if it’s weird to say “please” and “thank you” to her Google v...

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Published Aug 16, 2021, 20:21 long, audio available.

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This week we’re hitting repeat on one of our favorite episodes: Listener Elizabeth wants to know if it’s weird to say “please” and “thank you” to her Google voice assistant. ELT talks to former Alexa insider Daren Gill (now senior director of product at Spotify), and human-robot interactions expert Leila Takayama to find out whether people are typically polite to machines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Published Aug 16, 2021 and 20:21 long